Appendix A: Media 755 Finding Linux Distributions (Affordable web design) on
Appendix A: Media 755 Finding Linux Distributions on the CD The CD that comes with this book boots directly to a Debian network install or a live boot of Damn Small Linux. An ISO image of a Gentoo minimal install CD is contained in the distros directory, as well as bootable images of INSERT and Feather Linux. Coyote Linux is contained on a tar/gzip that you copy to a hard disk and build into a floppy Linux distribution from instructions in Chapter 17. Debian GNU/Linux The net install ISO image of Debian GNU/Linux distribution is contained on the CD. Debian offers thoroughly tested releases that many Linux consultants and experts use because of its excellent software packaging and stability. Debian is used as the sample distribution for creating a Web server (LAMP) and mail server, as described in Chapters 23 and 24, respectively. You can install Debian directly from the CD that comes with this book. The procedure for installing Debian is included in Chapter 9. Gentoo Linux The Gentoo Minimal install CD ISO image is included on the CD. With the Gentoo CD, you can install a usable Linux system, to which you can add any of the nearly 7,000 software packages that are available with Gentoo. Those packages can be obtained over a network connection or from a local CD, DVD, or hard disk. (A network install of those additional packages is described in Chapter 13.) Procedures for burning the Gentoo ISO image from the CD that comes with this book to CD are contained later in this appendix. Then refer to Chapter 13 for information on using the Gentoo CD to install Gentoo on your computer. The procedure described in that chapter has you building much of the Gentoo operating system from scratch, specifically for your computer hardware, and downloading needed packages from the Internet. Damn Small Linux Damn Small Linux is set up to boot directly from the CD contained with this book. We have also included an ISO image of Damn Small Linux included on the same CD that can fit on a mini-CD (less than 50MB). This distribution illustrates how a useful desktop Linux distribution, which includes full network connectivity and some useful productivity applications, can fit in a very small space. Information on burning the Damn Small Linux distribution to CD is contained later in this appendix. See Chapter 18 for information on using Damn Small Linux.
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